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VIDEO: "Over The Tarp" Ridgeline Set Up

A tarp video for all you Tarpsters......
While on the Linville Gorge Hammock Hang I got to see a couple of "over the tarp ridgeline" set-ups inspired by Tee-Dee.
As a dinker ..I was curious as to the point..... it seems that the tarp is easily adjusted back and forth on the over-ridgeline and is simple to center over your hammock. Cool.

On this video I have sped up runs of taking it down and putting it up with snake-skins (tubes of fabric that the tarp slips into making an easy to control package) and trying out Tee-Dee's "reefing" idea. Using the principles that sailors use on their sails........
Both options work and you can see that.
Using my new Speer Winter Tarp on this video....
Got this tarp after eyeballing it on a couple of trips with fellow hammockers. Great tarp .. light and the price is excellent for a lot of coverage and set-up options.
I will do a video of this tarp in more detail soon!

As always .... thanks for your time watching. Remember ... I am no expert .... I just go out and do it and learn from my triumphs and failures. Whoooooo Buddy! Get me to the piney woods!
All secure in sector seven,
Shug

nicely done shug...thanks for the 'reefing' display
I do like the adjustability of the over ridgeline too
If you don't keep your tarp attached to the ridgeline, you would only need one ridgeline for all your different tarps...each would attach and the prusiks would adjust
explained some things fo sure
oh yea, you can replace the S biner with a toggle (stick) if you don't want hardware

Last edited by animalcontrol; 11-11-2009 at 09:44.

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Very interesting. I like this method and very well may be putting it to use the next time I'm out. It's gotta be worth a whot, at least. Heck, If I don't like it, I can always go back to my current method. Many thanks to Shug for the video demonstration and to TeeDee whose idea this was in the first place. As a long time member here, TeeDee's creativity, innovation, forward thinking and DIY prowess never cease to not only amaze me, but teach me something on a pretty doggone regular basis. Thanks! I reckon this means I gotta order more Speer No-Tangle.

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I was tinkering with reefing yesterday. I ended up tying a long line outside the prussic on one end and then reefing the tarp with a series of half hitches about
every 18 inches as I moved along. This worked well, but a reefing line from each end, or two from the middle may be a little easier to work with. It's kind of like sheepshanking a rope, only with the tarp.

nicely done shug...thanks for the 'reefing' display
I do like the adjustability of the over ridgeline too
If you don't keep your tarp attached to the ridgeline, you would only need one ridgeline for all your different tarps...each would attach and the prusiks would adjust
explained some things fo sure
oh yea, you can replace the S biner with a toggle (stick) if you don't want hardware

I goofed with a toggle ... of course .... just found the s-biner to be so easy. A stick would be just fine as well......

I goofed with a toggle ... of course .... just found the s-biner to be so easy. a stick would be just fine as well......

did you find the shock cord was better than a static (no stretch) cord for your prusiks? advantage?

"Every day is a new day to a better future" "Of all the things that matter, that really and truly matter, working more efficiently and getting more done is not among them." ~ Mike Dooley"What if I told you that you couldn't have anymore of anything... No more friends, no more money, no more anything, until you first got happy with what you have?"~ Mike Dooley"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." ~ Socrates